I guess West Coast Los Angeles Fans don’t like 8:09pm EDT starts either.
Tuesday’s 8-3 Dodgers win over the Rays drew just 9.195 million viewers on Fox per ShowBuzz Daily, making it not only the least-watched World Series Game 1 ever, but the least-watched World Series game ever (via Awful Announcing.)
But don’t worry, the Baseball Mafia is going to do the “oh yeah but your girlfriend is ugly” arguments…
MLB vs. NBA
— Game 1 averaged more viewers every game of the NBA Finals
— In A18-34, Game 1 trailed all six NBA Finals games
— In A18-49, Game 1 trailed five of six NBA Finals games
— In A25-54, Game 1 trailed four of six NBA Finals games— Sports Media Watch (@paulsen_smw) October 21, 2020
See! Baseball is way more popular than the NBA.
Unless we look more closely….
MLB vs. NBA
— Game 1 averaged more viewers every game of the NBA Finals
— In A18-34, Game 1 trailed all six NBA Finals games
— In A18-49, Game 1 trailed five of six NBA Finals games
— In A25-54, Game 1 trailed four of six NBA Finals games— Sports Media Watch (@paulsen_smw) October 21, 2020
Oh. That’s really inconvenient for the baseball mafia.
Baseball is an old man’s sport….and this old man, your favorite blogger, is kinda done with it, and I am at the young end of the demo of the few people who watch the thing. So it’s people EVEN OLDER THAN ME watching these 4 hours relief pitcher festivals, and I am so old I was alive when the Mets won a World Series, something most of you can’t even say.
When me and the rest of Gen X pass away, your sport will be as popular as Major League Lacrosse. Maybe not even, the youths kinda like lacrosse.
So baseball, you keep on playing 4 hour games at 8pm (so people in Los Angeles can watch!) with 17 pitchers and I will be downstairs with my brand new Playstation 5.
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Speaking of baseball…..Matt Harvey for Mookie Betts? Who says no?
